bocinar

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely regressively derived from bocina + -ar;[1] cf. also Latin būcinō, būcināre, and voznar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /boθiˈnaɾ/ [bo.θiˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /bosiˈnaɾ/ [bo.siˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧ci‧nar

Verb

bocinar (first-person singular present bocino, first-person singular preterite bociné, past participle bocinado)

  1. to honk the horn (on a car)
  2. to speak through a loudspeaker[2]
  3. to play on a horn or conch shell[3]

Conjugation

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  3. bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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